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Turning your back on Agile when you may need it even more : Johannes Schartau & Christiaan Verwijs

Agile is dead - it’s like that one joke everyone has heard a million times - overused and rapidly losing its hook factor.
Tune in to the latest episode of The Delivery Space podcast, where we unpack this topic with our special guests, Christiaan Verwijs and Johannes Schartau, and ask ourselves why now might be the worst time to abandon Agile.
We cover:
 📌 Is Agile Dead? - Tackling the question head-on and exploring whether Agile is truly obsolete or simply evolving.
📌  Why Didn’t It Work for Us? - Many organisations claim Agile didn't work for them. It may not be for everyone, but deeper reflection can help us surface and drive behaviours and practices to achieve agility, even in small measures, to give teams confidence and empower them to pursue our business goals.
📌  Evidence-Based Success - Christiaan refers to data-driven evidence showing that Agile teams tend to outperform in several key metrics, from customer satisfaction to team morale.
📌  The Real Role of Agile Coaches - Johannes sheds light on the often misunderstood role of Agile coaches and why they are crucial for genuine transformation. There is a critical difference between truly effective Agile practices and coaching and those that merely create a false sense of progress by focusing on the happy clappy team happiness stuff and less on understanding the purpose of the practices.
🌟About Our Guests🌟
Johannes is an Agile Coach, international speaker, complexity and integral thinker, Liberating Structures user, and Zombie Scrum fighter!
Christian enjoys igniting positive change in teams and organisations. It is his strong belief that people should be empowered to drive change themselves, rather than being told by management or consultants how to change. His mission is to liberate the world from ineffective and demotivating workplaces by helping organisations find better ways to tap into the creativity, intelligence, and wisdom of people.
Together they are the co-authors of the "Zombie Scrum Survival Guide" along with Barry Overeem. 
🎧 Listen now using the link in the comments and let us know what you think!
#Agile #Scrum #BusinessTransformation #Leadership #TheDeliverySpacePodcast #businessagility
If you've heard the phrase "Agile and scrum are dead", this episode is for you!
Christiaan's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christiaanverwijs/
Johannes' LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christiaanverwijs/
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Unleashing Human Potential - Creating Agile Workplaces Through Innovative HR practices : Michaela Broeckx

Michaela is a  spirited L&D professional, Agile and Lean coach, Scrum Master and Agile trainer, gifted with a natural flair for interpersonal and intercultural communication, and with an extensive track record in a great variety of industries in Europe, the Middle East, the Gulf, and South and Southeast Asia. 
During this chat with Nisha you'll hear how to implement agile practices into HR, resulting in happier people and more effective teams.
Connect with Michaela: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelabroeckx
 
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How Drama Free Conversations Can Help Your Teams : Caitlin Walker

🗣️ Have you thought about the hidden costs of team drama? They’re more impactful than you might think!In the latest episode of The Delivery Space podcast, we are honoured to have Caitlin Walker (PhD) join us. Caitlin's journey from youth work to corporate consulting brings a wealth of knowledge on creating high-performing, drama-free teams. Highlights from our conversation:🔶 Understanding Drama - Caitlin shares her insights on recognising drama in teams, whether it’s internal conflicts, communication barriers, or unconscious biases.🔶 Tools and Techniques - for working through team drama using Clean Language.🔶 Real-World Applications - Caitlin discusses how she has successfully applied these methods across various sectors, including software development, marketing, and public health.🔶 Personal Stories - Sharon and I share our own experiences with team drama and the conditions and invoke drama for us. Caitlin guides us to navigate some of the challenges we’ve both encountered.Caitlin’s approach shows that it's more enjoyable and effective to discuss discomfort, conflict, and disagreement in advance, before they become bigger issues.By doing so, teams can maintain balance, foster creativity, and enhance problem-solving capabilities. ⭐ About Caitlin Walker (PhD) ⭐ Caitlin Walker (PhD) received her PhD in Clean Language Interviewing at Liverpool John Moores University in 2021, within the area of curriculum design. She's an expert facilitator at home in conflict resolution, organisational development, culture change, & community mediation. Originator of Systemic Modelling & hashtag#DramaFree skills, she graduated in Linguistics at the School of Oriental & African Studies, followed by four years of postgraduate research in ‘Strategies for Lexical Access for Machine Language Recognition,’ including fieldwork in Ghana. She began creating models of diverse teaching strategies while at SOAS, volunteering intermediary classes to translate information presented at lectures into different learning styles for the students.She was introduced to the Clean Language of David Grove in 1996 & has developed processes that result in whole system sustainable change. She facilitated sessions with at-risk teenagers as clean modelling workshops & achieved excellent results. The project won the Crime Prevention & Community Safety award for Great Britain in 1999. Her work is available on the Open University MBA program, it is incorporated into a 3-year Personal Development Profiling system at Liverpool John Moores University, & it is embedded in a number of international organisations.#TeamPerformance #Leadership #CleanLanguage #Podcast #DramaFreeTeams #ConflictResolution #Agile #Scrum #LeadershipCoaching #DigitalTransformation
Connect with Caitlin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caitlin-walker-phd-6a11a8b/
Clean Learning's Website: https://cleanlearning.co.uk/
Training Attention's Website: https://trainingattention.co.uk/our-team/
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Understanding the Role of a Scrum Master and their Value : Jac Hughes

Jac Hughes understands the role of a scrum master and why they're so important to a business, he's been studying the framework for years now and during this chat with Nisha you'll hear him impart some real nuggets.
Everyday Agile's Website: https://everydayagile.co.uk/
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Kata - Unleashing the power of routine : Francis Laleman

Francis Laleman facilitates participatory design processes with learning communities and creative spaces, both physical and virtual.  He is a Scrum & Agile practitioner, teacher & coach
During this chat with Nisha, you'll learn what Kata means and how it can be used in a professional setting and everyday life.
Connect with Francis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/flaleman/?originalSubdomain=sg
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Building a High Peforming Team : Gary Wills

Gary Wills is an award winning IT Recruiter who focuses on the wellbeing of his candidates, clients and community.  He is Co-founder of a voluntary group called Furlearn.
During this chat with Nisha and Sharon, you'll hear Gary provide some golden nuggets around building high performing teams. 
Connect with Gary: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garywills/?originalSubdomain=uk
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Non-Judgemental Leadership : Yogananthan S

Yogananthan has 30+ years of experience with C-Level IT Management and General Management in diverse international, cultural and functional environments.  He's a strategic, goal-oriented and passionate leader, able to motivate and energise colleagues, partners and vendors, towards achieving goals.
He's passionate about creating the better leaders of tomorrow, this acts as the conversation topic in this episode, hosted by Nisha.
Connect with Yogananthan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yogananthan-s-4b765a1/
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The Importance of Personal Branding for Agile Practitioners : Florence Olumodimu

Florence Olumodimu is a Digital Transformation Professional, Project Manager, Marketing Communications Consultant, Image and Personal Branding Consultant, Digital Marketing Strategist, Speaker, and Trainer who loves to find ways to leverage on digital across business processes & marketing while extending brand presence online.
She's passionate about the importance of personal branding, and that's the centrepiece of this chat with Nisha.
Connect with Florence: https://www.linkedin.com/in/florence-olubunmi-olumodimu-mba/
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Unlocking Agility - The power of learning organisations : Zsolt Berend

Zsolt Berend is a business agility practitioner, coach, and trainer. Co-author of Sooner Safer Happier. He helps global organisations on their journey to achieving Better Value Sooner Safer Happier.  In this episode we discuss we discuss how to unlock agility and the power of learning organisations.
 
Connect with Zsolt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zsoltberend/?originalSubdomain=uk
Jonathan Smart's book which features Zsolt as Co-Author: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sooner-Safer-Happier-Antipatterns-Organizational/dp/1942788916
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The Road to Scrum Mastery : Sjoerd Nijland

Sjoerd Nijland is a Scrum Trainer and Course Creator. He empowers teams with gold standard neuroscience-based training for high performance through professional learning journeys.
During this chat you'll hear about the Road to Mastery training that Nisha's sampled, and is a big fan of.  This is long term training, where lasting relationships are built, and offers sooooo much more than a couple of days in a classroom!
If you’re passionate about transformative learning experiences to help you bring agility to the teams and organisations you’re working with, you’ll want to listen to this episode.
Key takeaways
📍The Genesis of Road to Mastery - The inspiration behind creating an Agile learning journey that bridges the gap between theory and practical application, making Scrum Mastery adventurous and fulfilling!
 
📍Navigating Challenges - We talk about the common hurdles for Scrum Masters, including facing down the beast that is imposter syndrome. Discover strategies for overcoming these challenges through community support and experiential learning.
 
📍Adapting to Real-World Scenarios - The importance of adapting Scrum to diverse team environments and cultures through experiential learning, feedback, and the courage to apply Scrum practices authentically.
 
📍Beyond Professional Growth - Don’t take our word for it! Participants share how the course made a huge impact to their personal growth, enhancing their authenticity, confidence, and leadership skills.
 
This episode’s got more insights and real talk than a chat with your most brutally honest mate.
 
It might just be the talk you need to tackle your challenges as a Scrum Master head-on—or at the very least, make you feel a bit better about not having all the answers straight away.
 
🎧Tune in and let’s get real. 
 
#Scrum #ScrumMastery #AgileTransformation #Agile #learningand development #thedeliveryspacepodcast
Connect with Sjoerd : https://www.linkedin.com/in/sjoerd-nijland/
Checkout Road 2 Mastery : https://www.road2mastery.com/
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